Efforts to find a new home for praised comedy series One Day At a Time continue. I hear they continue to be focused on CBS Corp. which initially tried to pick up the Latinx family sitcom for its streaming service CBS All Access following its Netflix cancellation. Because of the provisions in ODAAT's Netflix deal that…

Lawrence Tu, EVP and Chief Legal Officer of CBS, is leaving the company. In an SEC filing, CBS said Tu submitted his resignation on February 22. Effective on Friday, he will spend a 60-day period as a senior advisor to the CEO before finalizing his departure. Tu joined CBS in 2014, reporting to then-CEO Les Moonves…

The board of directors at CBS Corp have set 2019’s annual shareholders meeting for May 29, which will be less than six months after 2018’s meeting which was delayed twice amid the corporate intrigue at the media company. This year’s meeting date was tipped Tuesday in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

As Joe Ianniello prepares to make his inaugural appearance as CBS Corp’s interim CEO tomorrow on the company’s quarterly earnings call, the search for a permanent leader has intensified, both internally and externally. While the former longtime COO is seen as a viable contender, the media company’s newly constituted…

Richard Parsons has resigned from the CBS Corp board of directors, including his role as interim chairman which he undertook just a month ago following the departure of Les Moonves. Parsons cited health reasons related to his fight with multiple myeloma as the reason for his sudden exit. The CBS board met this evening…

In summer 2015, CBS was facing a rare Entertainment President opening when Nina Tassler informed her longtime boss, CBS Corp CEO Les Moonves, of her intention to leave. Moonves reached out to one of the star executives within the company, then-Showtime president David Nevins, who was not interested. Instead, Nevins…

Dana McClintock has been promoted to EVP and Chief Communications Officer at CBS Corp, the latest executive move under new acting president and CEO Joe Ianniello. McClintock, a 25-year company veteran, had been EVP Communications, is taking over for Gil Schwartz, who is retiring November 1 after 24 years at the…

Arnold Kopelson, the producer of films including the Oscar-winning Platoon and The Fugitive, and a CBS Corp board member from 2007 until last month, died at his home in Beverly Hills today. He was 83. His death was announced by his wife and business partner, Anne Kopelson. CBS confirmed the news. "Arnold was a man of…

CBS Corp chief Leslie Moonves has hired Hollywood heavyweight attorney Daniel Petrocelli to represent him, Deadline has confirmed. This comes as the CBS board of directors continues overseeing multiple investigations into alleged past harassment by Moonves, as well as questions of an inappropriate culture at CBS News…

Wall Street analysts have taken heavy fire on social media for failing to address the elephant in the room during CBS’s second quarter earnings call — the damaging allegations of sexual harassment against CEO Les Moonves. Analysts who didn’t ask questions during Thursday’s investor call, which focused exclusively on…

CBS edged Wall Street estimates for its second quarter, reporting earnings per share of $1.12 and total revenue of $3.47 billion. Analysts had expected earnings of $1.11 a share and revenue of $3.46 billion. Revenue grew 6% over the same quarter a year ago, with growth spread across the company. Affiliate and…

In a second board meeting in three days, CBS’s directors hired a pair of high-powered law firms to investigate claims of sexual harassment against embattled Chairman and CEO Les Moonves but once again stopped short of putting him on leave while the probe takes place. According to an official statement, the…